Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-07-30
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Feiiuoal A~mbiusu-vioisnf PassioaS
The Race for Mon,

; The alarming disease Of this
country is nervous debility and
prostration. It goes under
many names but It is essen.
tally the same complaint
Hospitals and private institu.
tons for nervous patients are
crowded. The average of life
in the United States is de.
creasing every year. Sudden
deaths from nervous collapse
among our business, profess
ional and public men are SO
frequent as scarcely to excite
remark. The majority of sui.
cides, committed without ap-
parent reason, or under so.called
depression of spirits" are
really prompted by nervous
prostration, which is a fruitful
source of insanity and crime
with all their grief and horror.
These facts are startling.
They threaten the very life Of
the nation. They assail the
springs of its power and pros
perity, They wreck manhood's
strength and wonlan's useful.
ness and beauty.
Every one should know the
causes. What are they? The
answer is easy and terribly
plain: Our vicious personal
habits; our careless and lawless
eating and drinking; the in
tense mental and physical strain
arising from our mad race after
money, position and influence;
the fears and struggles of pow
erty; the use of narcotics and
stimulants; our fashion Of
turning day into night and
night into day; and, briefly,
our desperate willingness to
pay any price for an hours
pleasure or success. So we
burn life's candle at both ends
and fill the lunatic asylums
and the graveyards.
The disease from which we
suffer and die is, in plain Eng
lish, Nervous Dyspepsia, as it
is seated in the Nerves and in
the organs of Digestion, ASSN
ilation and Nutrition. Healthy
digestion being impeded or des.
troyed, the whole body, nerves
included, is literally starveo';
even when there is no enact
alton to tell the sad story.
Nervous prostration send 6
out its warnings -headach
lin the morning; a persisten
dull heaviness or aching at tn,
base of the brain; wakefulness
Floss of appetite and disgust with
food; loss of mental energy and
interest in ordinary duties and
business; restlessness and anx-
3iety without any a~ssignable
sr reason; quotations; bad
breath foul mucous on the
teeth; occasional giddiness
palpitation of the heart; sal
lowness of the skin; coated
tongue and gradual failure OF
strength and ambition.
IA The remedy is a total aban-
!, donment of the habits and GUS
toms which cause the disease
in each individual case, and the
tnse of Shaker Eatrdct Of Roots
I (Seigel's Syrup to cure the
, mischief already done. This
+ great remedy, prepared by the
-. Shaker Community of Mt. Leb-
t anon, N. Y, is especially adapt
ed to eradicate Nervous Dys-
, pepsia. To do this it acts
4 directly and gently but power.
n fully upon the disordered stom'
ach, liver and kidneys, restor'
ing their tone and vigor, pro
f noting the secretion ofbile, ex'
pelling waste matters from the
If system, and purifying the blood
L Upon the nervous system
Shaker Ertract(Se SYRUP
acts as a safe and wholesome
:, anodyne without the slightest
IS narcotic effect, and then leaves
" +o roro;n +boir not